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(Opening Prayer)
Matthew 6:9b–13 (ESV)
9b ...“Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.
10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread,
12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
(Welcome)
Welcome to Central.
Let me begin by saying, “Welcome Home” to you!
As an expository church, we prioritize preaching and teaching that focuses on a Christ-centered, holistic, and sequential approach to Scripture.
We enjoy preaching through books of the Bible and tackling each passage with a high view of Jesus Christ and an intent to be led into worship and transformation by what we find therein.
(Sermon Introduction)
Today we continue our “Teach Us To Pray” Series, focusing on the Lord’s Prayer as recorded in Matthew 6.
We want to take an expository look at the most famous prayer ever recorded.
To begin today I have entitled the sermon, “Kingdom.”
(Lord’s Prayer Context)
Matthew records what is commonly referred to as “The Lord’s Prayer,” here in Matthew 6.
Truthfully, this prayer should be called, “The Disciple’s Prayer” as it really flows from the disciples lips to the Lord.
We call it “The Lord’s Prayer” because the Lord Jesus gave it to them.
It is also important to note that this style of prayer was actually quite common in Jewish circles of the day.
What is unique however is the interpretation and teaching that Jesus shares with it.
Matthew 6 is not the only place we see this prayer recorded.
It is also recorded in Luke 11.
We understand that these times were most likely not the only times that Jesus taught these things to the people and to His disciples.
(Gospel of Matthew Context)
We know that the focus of Matthew’s gospel is the teachings of Jesus.
His focus was not on the chronological nature of Jesus’ ministry.
But having started with what we refer to as “The Beatitudes,” in Matthew 5, Jesus takes the people on a journey of discovering what a true disciple looks like.
At one point, Jesus’ Disciples asked Jesus, “Teach Us To Pray,” to which Jesus responds with a phrase: “Pray like this.”
Jesus then begins to recite what has become the most famous prayer ever spoken.
We have already preached concerning:
“...When You Pray…Pray like this:” (Mt.
6:5-8)
“...Our Father in heaven...” (Mt.
6:9b)
And Pastor Robby did a great job preaching:
“...Hallowed Be Your Name...” (Mt.
6:9c)
Which brings us to this morning and our focus on:
“Your Kingdom come...” (Mt.
6:10a)
βασιλεία, Basileia
kingship, sovereignty, authority, rule, especially of God, both in the world, and in the hearts of men; hence kingdom, in the concrete sense.
Alexander Souter, A Pocket Lexicon to the Greek New Testament (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917), 47.
(Sermon Tension)
This statement fosters some questions:
Which kingdom?
What does the kingdom of God look like?
What does it mean for the Kingdom of God to come?
In what way is the kingdom coming?
If Jesus said the kingdom has come, why do we have to pray for it to come?
Why do we have to pray for something that sounds like it has happened or will happen?
We won’t be able to address all of these questions today but I believe we will address some of them.
Jesus had a lot to say about the Kingdom of God/Kingdom of Heaven (interchangeable phrases).
Today I want to start with the tempting of Jesus in the wilderness.
Matthew 4:8–17 (ESV)
8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
9 And he said to him, “All these I will give you, if you will fall down and worship me.”
10 Then Jesus said to him, “Be gone, Satan!
For it is written, “ ‘You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.’
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11 Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and were ministering to him.
12 Now when he heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew into Galilee.
13 And leaving Nazareth he went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, in the territory of Zebulun and Naphtali,
14 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled:
15 “The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles—
16 the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”
17 From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
1. God’s Kingdom Is Different
Matthew 6:10a (ESV)
10 Your kingdom come...
(Old Testament Kingdom vs. New Testament Kingdom)
A major storyline of the Old Testament is the establishment of the kingdom of Israel.
In 1 Samuel we see the people of Israel yearning to have a kingdom like the other nations around them.
They cried out for this so much that the Lord God established the kingdom of Israel and placed Saul as king.
God even tells the prophet Samuel that the people had not rejected Samuel but God Himself as their King.
1 Samuel 8:7 (ESV)
7 And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
The Lord uses this in His plan and takes later on from the line of Israel’s second king, David, and brings forth the Messiah/King.
Isaiah 9:6 tells us that upon the shoulders of this Messiah/King the government/kingdom of God shall rest.
All throughout the Old Testament it is clearly communicated that the kingdom of God was going to be different than what everyone expected.
The Lord declares that He is going to put His kingdom within His people (Eze.
36:25-27).
The Old Testament is very much seen and received as an external kingdom.
God set up laws that were to be followed.
God established a physical kingdom of Israel that produced the Messiah.
But the people of Israel were sent into exile because of their sin and disobedience to God.
The Lord established the nation of Israel and sets His plan in motion, so that He can establish an internal kingdom.
(Kingdom Tension of Jesus’ Day)
During Jesus day the people of Israel had returned to the land but became a territory of Rome.
The great Roman Empire held them under their power as captives in their own land.
The people were oppressed and desired to have freedom from their oppressors.
Many times our desires taint the way we read Scripture and how we interpret the will and plan of God.
Once again the Jewish people came to expect a situational kingdom not a positional kingdom.
They believed that the Kingdom of God would make the situational—right.
The Jewish people believed that the Messiah/King would come and free them from the tyranny of Rome, when in reality, Jesus came to free them from the tyranny of sin.
Luke 17:20–21 (ESV)
20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed,
21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.”
So often we mistake the Kingdom of God for what we see when Jesus said it has much more to do with what we do not see.
It is much more positional than situational.
Paul says something similar in Romans 14:17:
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